It was decided, old men wouldn't be enough, Bobbie would recruit, train and lead an army to rid Greensboro, North Carolina of the Aliens before they could destroy us. Time was of the essence. Donny, myself and as many technicians as we could recruit started working night and day installing the eddy current generators on as many motorcycles, cars and trucks as possible to serve as force fields to protect our fighters.
Classes were arranged at Defensive Martial Arts, Inc. So many that Ed Catalano, the owner there had to contract competitors to handle to extra business.
Thousands of gallons of Brian's Kudzu Super Fuel were ordered and scheduled for delivery forcing Brian to drive south to find enough kudzu to complete his orders.
Water bottles and other items had to be ordered from American Extruded Plastics and Injection Molding.
Weapons had to be procured, tested and distributed to the recruits. And as some of them were experimental they had to be taken far from Greensboro and tested. In order to get as close as possible while avoiding suspision our front line troops would be equipped with exploding tennis balls, skateboards that acted as remotely guided missles, cell phones equipped with high powered tazers and the ultimate weapon in the war against aliens-- a hand held device that plays a continious 'C' note across the entire spectrum of sound for as long as you hold the trigger.
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Bobbie, Alex and a small crew of mutants followed one Grey Alien from the building Downtown, past the part and towards Church Street. When it walked behind the Flatiron they tackled it and dragged it inside the bar where they quickly pushed it into the ladies room, gagged it and tied it up with tattered and frayed electrical cords threatening to plug it in to a wall socket if it so much as squeaked or wiggled. Minutes later it was in the trunk of a Toyota on the way to Burlington in the hope we could make it talk.
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In the midsts of it all, the code enforcement department from the City of Burlington showed up to tell us we had 30 days to tear down the statue we had built out front http://cyclemuse.blogspot.com/2013/01/button-me-up.html for the mysterious corporate customer who paid us in full but never arranged delivery, showed up to get it or told us where to deliver it to. It's not that Donny, Bobbie and I didn't want to get rid of it, we just didn't have the time. "At least we won't have those strange me sitting on top of it all day," Bobbie said.
"What?" Donny asked, "You don't think Billy's strange?"
"Of course Billy's strange," Bobbie grinned a sheepish grin. "If he wasn't strange he wouldn't be writing this story about us."
"At least I don't sit on top of a statue all day," I grumbled.
"Not yet," Donny laughed. Bobbie just smiled.
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"Look over there," Steve said pointing to a pipe that emptied into the wall of the other side of the canal, "See the light shining through that pipe.
"Sho 'nuff," Wooley answered, "that one must lead out of here."
"We need to figure out a way to get across this canal," Steve said. "Can't swim with all those piranha in there."
"Are you sure they're piranha?" Wooley asked.
"Nope. Wanna go first, find out?" Steve asked.
"I'll take your word for it," Wooley said. "What if we untie that old barge up stream there?"
"That thing's heavy," Steve said. "How are we going to get it to cross the canal?"
"If we push off really hard and set it adrift it will eventually cross to the other side as it floats down stream," Wooley said.
"We might be several miles past the pipe before we get to the other side," Steve cautioned.
"Have we got anything better to do?" Wooley asked.
"Let's barge in," Steve agreed.
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We never knew what touched it off or why it happened when it happened. We just knew it happened too soon. All of a sudden, the explosions were raining down from the sky night and day forcing everyone to leave the city.
Was this the end?
Continue to Interdimensional Hypothesis
Classes were arranged at Defensive Martial Arts, Inc. So many that Ed Catalano, the owner there had to contract competitors to handle to extra business.
Thousands of gallons of Brian's Kudzu Super Fuel were ordered and scheduled for delivery forcing Brian to drive south to find enough kudzu to complete his orders.
Water bottles and other items had to be ordered from American Extruded Plastics and Injection Molding.
Weapons had to be procured, tested and distributed to the recruits. And as some of them were experimental they had to be taken far from Greensboro and tested. In order to get as close as possible while avoiding suspision our front line troops would be equipped with exploding tennis balls, skateboards that acted as remotely guided missles, cell phones equipped with high powered tazers and the ultimate weapon in the war against aliens-- a hand held device that plays a continious 'C' note across the entire spectrum of sound for as long as you hold the trigger.
_____
Bobbie, Alex and a small crew of mutants followed one Grey Alien from the building Downtown, past the part and towards Church Street. When it walked behind the Flatiron they tackled it and dragged it inside the bar where they quickly pushed it into the ladies room, gagged it and tied it up with tattered and frayed electrical cords threatening to plug it in to a wall socket if it so much as squeaked or wiggled. Minutes later it was in the trunk of a Toyota on the way to Burlington in the hope we could make it talk.
_____
In the midsts of it all, the code enforcement department from the City of Burlington showed up to tell us we had 30 days to tear down the statue we had built out front http://cyclemuse.blogspot.com/2013/01/button-me-up.html for the mysterious corporate customer who paid us in full but never arranged delivery, showed up to get it or told us where to deliver it to. It's not that Donny, Bobbie and I didn't want to get rid of it, we just didn't have the time. "At least we won't have those strange me sitting on top of it all day," Bobbie said.
"What?" Donny asked, "You don't think Billy's strange?"
"Of course Billy's strange," Bobbie grinned a sheepish grin. "If he wasn't strange he wouldn't be writing this story about us."
"At least I don't sit on top of a statue all day," I grumbled.
"Not yet," Donny laughed. Bobbie just smiled.
_____
"Look over there," Steve said pointing to a pipe that emptied into the wall of the other side of the canal, "See the light shining through that pipe.
"Sho 'nuff," Wooley answered, "that one must lead out of here."
"We need to figure out a way to get across this canal," Steve said. "Can't swim with all those piranha in there."
"Are you sure they're piranha?" Wooley asked.
"Nope. Wanna go first, find out?" Steve asked.
"I'll take your word for it," Wooley said. "What if we untie that old barge up stream there?"
"That thing's heavy," Steve said. "How are we going to get it to cross the canal?"
"If we push off really hard and set it adrift it will eventually cross to the other side as it floats down stream," Wooley said.
"We might be several miles past the pipe before we get to the other side," Steve cautioned.
"Have we got anything better to do?" Wooley asked.
"Let's barge in," Steve agreed.
______
We never knew what touched it off or why it happened when it happened. We just knew it happened too soon. All of a sudden, the explosions were raining down from the sky night and day forcing everyone to leave the city.
Was this the end?
Continue to Interdimensional Hypothesis
